> rather than evolving organically as they did in post-Roman Europe You think the borders left after Rome fell were organic? They just used the old Roman provi

> rather than evolving organically as they did in post-Roman Europe You think the borders left after Rome fell were organic? They just used the old Roman province borders. Rome replaced the rule of every country it conquered and the conquest lasted so long that there was no trace of the old rule left, they all had to rediscover themselves afterwards, including figuring out how to redraw the borders.